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Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Re: Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Post by codebeaker »

goloroden wrote: post #3

Hey :-) I'm one of the authors of wolkenkit, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask here :-)

As a non-native German speaker who's lived in Germany for coming up on 10 years, aren't you concerned that it'll be pronounced like "wol-kenkit" not "volkenkit" for non-germans?

Naming things is hard but after watching UBER Inc destroy the pronunciation, spelling and etc of a German word, I'm always cautious about unusual names.

(Also because, as now I'm hung up on the name before giving your product a fair chance)

Re: Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Post by goloroden »

codebeaker wrote: post #6
goloroden wrote: post #3

Hey :-) I'm one of the authors of wolkenkit, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask here :-)

As a non-native German speaker who's lived in Germany for coming up on 10 years, aren't you concerned that it'll be pronounced like "wol-kenkit" not "volkenkit" for non-germans? Naming things is hard but after watching UBER Inc destroy the pronunciation, spelling and etc of a German word, I'm always cautious about unusual names. (Also because, as now I'm hung up on the name before giving your product a fair chance)

Well, yes, there's a certain risk. We had the idea that people liked the word "wolke" (German for "cloud"). Anyway, of course, I would be very happy if you gave wolkenkit a second chance ;-)

Re: Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Post by perlgeek »

There is a disconnect in your messaging. Here on HN the title is "Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about", but the tagline in the PDF is "The semantic JavaScript backend for event-driven development".

So, what's this about? about DDD, CQRS and event-sourcing, or about a particular Javascript framework? Those two aren't the same at all (even though I suspect there is a little overlap).

Re: Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Post by codebeaker »

goloroden wrote: post #7
codebeaker wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-native German speaker who's lived in Germany for coming up on 10 years, aren't you concerned that it'll be pronounced like "wol-kenkit" not "volkenkit" for non-germans? Naming things is hard but after watching UBER Inc destroy the pronunciation, spelling and etc of a German word, I'm always cautious about unusual names. (Also because, as now I'm hung up on the name before giving your product a fair chance)

Well, yes, there's a certain risk. We had the idea that people liked the word "wolke" (German for "cloud"). Anyway, of course, I would be very happy if you gave wolkenkit a second chance ;-)

I did - reading the brochure now, the word "semantic" keeps cropping up and I wonder if it's an unsympathetic translation from German, or I'm too far away from the JS world to understand that "Semantic" means:

> That‘s why we have built wolkenkit, a semantic JavaScript backend that addresses three important aspects of software development, and that empowers you to build better software faster.

There's a bunch of things wrong with this claim, "a javascript backend" sounds like an alternative JS VM to me, a backend for javascript (I presume it's meant that this is server side JS not client side?) I also always get my back up when I read "build software faster", surely it ought to be about maintainability when it comes to the perks of DDD/CQRS.

Re: Show HN: Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about

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Post by goloroden »

perlgeek wrote: post #8

There is a disconnect in your messaging. Here on HN the title is "Learn what DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing are all about", but the tagline in the PDF is "The semantic JavaScript backend for event-driven development". So, what's this about? about DDD, CQRS and event-sourcing, or about a particular Javascript framework? Those two aren't the same at all (even though I suspect there is a little overlap).

The brochure is to 2/3s an introduction to DDD, CQRS, and event-sourcing in general, not being related to a specific JavaScript framework.

The last 1/3 shows how to apply these concepts using wolkenkit, which is a specific framework.

When we created the brochure it seemed important to us to first explain the concepts in a neutral way, because we want to help people gain a better understanding of these concepts, no matter whether they are going to use wolkenkit or not.

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